Wayland coach charged with DUI, vows to fight it

A Wayland High School assistant football coach who was arrested early Saturday morning on a drunken driving charge told police he was out celebrating after the team's big win Friday night, authorities said.

By Norman Miller/Daily News staff

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By Norman Miller/Daily News staff

Posted Nov. 6, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Nov 6, 2012 at 6:05 AM

By Norman Miller/Daily News staff

Posted Nov. 6, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Nov 6, 2012 at 6:05 AM

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A Wayland High School assistant football coach who was arrested early Saturday morning on a drunken driving charge told police he was out celebrating after the team's big win Friday night, authorities said.

Joseph Cincotta, 37, of Waltham, who is also the school's baseball coach and a teaching assistant, denied the allegations following his Framingham District Court arraignment on Monday.

"Innocent until proven guilty," Cincotta said in a phone call. "I'm fighting it all the way."

In a report filed in court, Officer Tyler Castagno said he had to veer his cruiser into the breakdown lane on Old Connecticut Path around 1 a.m. to avoid being struck by a Cadillac Escalade that had crossed the yellow lines while coming in the opposite direction.

Castagno pulled over the SUV and questioned Cincotta who was driving. Cincotta identified himself as a teacher at the high school as well as a football coach, Castagno's report says. Cincotta was slurring his words and a smell of liquor came from the SUV, the officer wrote.

"I asked Cincotta where he was coming from and he advised me he was drinking a few beers at the 'Chat,' and that his team basically won the Super Bowl and that he was out celebrating." The "Chat" is the nickname for the Dudley Chateau, a Wayland pub.

Wayland High beat defending league champions Concord-Carlisle 14-13 on Friday in overtime.

The officer said he asked Cincotta to get out of the car to perform field sobriety tests. Cincotta asked the officer to not have him take the tests. "Dude, this is my life. I'm a school teacher. I could lose my job. You have to give me a break," the report quotes Cincotta as saying.

Cincotta passed one of the three field sobriety tests - the nine-step walk and turn - but failed two others, Castagno said in his report.

Police arrested him after he refused to take a Breathalyzer test.

Cincotta, of 186 Lura Lane, Waltham, was charged with driving under the influence of liquor. He was also cited for a marked lanes violation.